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It's fake. Gonzalo would get in touch with certain trusted individuals privately immediately. He hasn't. Enough said.

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Good point. Also, if he is now out of Ukraine, he doesn't need to worry about giving away his location. Especially if he felt safe enough to post on twitter.

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Somebody has his phone and knows english

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Anyone in contact with the fellow on the phone should switch to Spanish and the back to English. Gonzo speaks both flawlessly, Spanish with a noticeable Chilean accent and English with an American accent. Those familiar with his voice would know immediately if it was the Coach. The tone of his voice would tell us that he was or was not under duress. Of course, I don't think any of this can happen now, unfortunately.

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Not if it would endanger them, or reveal GL's location (the monitoring of all his "trusted individuals"). We'll see if this is the really-real GL. Hope so. An answer to MANY prayers.

O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Ps 136:2)

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2 days ago had contact from Liras Telegram, and whoever has it was asking me to do sign up to a crypto exchange, So Nope, someone has his phone.

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Really does seem fake. The syntax seems off and the stock profile and background photo give it away.

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Agreed. But the contents (re: puppets) gives the gist of the situation; it might be the proverbial White Hats.

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A current photo would be incredibly stupid to post! I'm above 50% that it is the real Gonzalo. Whoever it is, has more tweets out and sounds just like him. But CIA-AI could counterfeit anyone. We'll see.

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No it wouldn’t. A photo can easily be taken without revealing location and it is trivial to strip all exif data.

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I did hear that someone seemed to be operating Gonzalo's phone, reading messages & then deleting them without responding. It seems as though it is someone who is a native English speaker, and likely to be part of one of the intelligence services. I wonder what would be the point of setting up a fake account though? Are they trying to lure someone else in?

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Haven't heard your name in many years...Mickey Z...Soft Skull Press?

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Yep, that's me! Your name sounds familiar. Have we met?

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The reason they used an "internet photo" is because any new photo (unless you have a Pentax-K-1000, some 100 ASA film and a developing kit) taken is going to have meta data including ip based locations and time stamps in it.

He absolutely would NOT contact people close to him because they'd BOTH be compromised and then they'd ALL be in danger.

Is it legit? I'm with Celia, at this point who knows but the fact that there is no personal contact or fresh photo if anything, sways the answer towards legit.

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Deleting and/or changing metadata is fairly trivial. There is also the good old screenshot if no other software is at hand.

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Fake.

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Gonzalo Lira is alive! Praise the Lord!

The Alex's/The Duran had him LIVE today:

4-minute quickie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2yeSOcNlgE

2-hour livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PulorgALjY

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The power of prayer...!

O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Ps 136:3)

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Kudos to Celia Farber for getting the hopes rolling by posting this article.

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Ok, looks like we were all correct. Gonzalo has resurfaced (see his live-stream on Duran) - after being taken by the SBU on 15 Apr. He does not have his phone or computer (& still does not have access to his accounts), and said that any post on any of his channels after 15 Apr was not him.

But it is very good news. Thank God!

And there are still many people missing, in worse circumstances (as Gonzalo has said).

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Gonzalo is on U-tube "The Duran" now alive April 22 https://youtu.be/R2yeSOcNlgE

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Lira is quite adept at recording his countenance while he is speaking.

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